Anderson Silva is a perfect 16-0 inside the UFC cage and has defended his middleweight title nine times. His legacy is cemented. What else is left? Nothing according to the man himself:

"Every new fight is a new challenge," he said on Tuesday through an interpreter during a teleconference. "It’s really going to be up to whoever’s better prepared that night. Win or lose, a loser or a winner always walk side by side, so that doesn’t really matter. I've been doing this since I was eight years old. There's always new challenges, there's always new things. My biggest concern is going out there and doing better for myself. I'm not concerned about what my opponents do. I want to better myself and I want to overcome anything that I have."

"I think what’s most important is to set good examples for those kids who watch UFC and the kids that are coming up," he said. "And whatever I should have done in the sport, I've already done. Win or lose, I’ve already done everything there is to do. Now it’s just a matter of doing what I love to do."

Out of those 16 wins only 4 (Franklin, Henderson, Sonnen, Belfort) of the guys he beat can be considered good to very good. He hasn't fought anyone great. His record is mostly padded. It's not his fault but the division is weak, no Josh Koschecks or Carlos Condit's like in GSP's division.

John 1 - Out of those 16 wins only 4 (Franklin, Henderson, Sonnen, Belfort) of the guys he beat can be considered good to very good. He hasn't fought anyone great. His record is mostly padded. It's not his fault but the division is weak, no Josh Koschecks or Carlos Condit's like in GSP's division.

I've never seen an objective discussion on this site on the strength of weight classes. One which names the 10 best fighters ever from a division, their records in the division including who each top 10 beat in the division (as well as who those opponents whom they beat, beat themselves in that same division).

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